Aldington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ealda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Aldington (countable and uncountable, plural Aldingtons)

1. A village and civil parish (served by Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council) in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR063365).
2. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP064440).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aldington is the 20991^st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aldington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.